FAMILY HEALTH CARE CHOICES
Everyone wants to choose what is best for their family when it comes to health care. So…..how do you choose what’s best for your family, given the variety of health care alternatives today? Basically, it comes down to two main categories of health care: the traditional medical model (allopathic) and the alternative natural health care model. They differ greatly in their approach to illness/disease.
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE MODEL
In the medical health care model, disease is the result of genetics and germs. It “happens” is to us; we have no real control over it. The body is made up of parts and each part is cared for by a unique provider who is only interested in that part, rather than the body as a whole entity.
Symptoms and testing determine diagnosis, which is typically treated with medications, surgeries or other treatment therapies/modalities (ie; radiation therapy). What works for one person must work for all, and doctor knows best-so patients are expected to follow all instructions.
NATURAL HEALTH CARE MODEL
The natural health care model, on the other hand, views the individual as largely responsible for his/her own illnesses based upon lifestyle choices, reactions to stress, exposure to environmental factors, etc. This model views the human body as a whole; any threat to one body part is a threat to all body parts.
The body has the ability to heal itself, without drugs or surgery interventions, with the help of natural therapies that work differently for different individuals. Individuals play an important role in maintaining their health which is more than just the absence of disease.
True health is optimal well-being in all aspects of oneself-physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
WHICH MODEL IS RIGHT?
It is your duty to be informed about the aspects of both health care models so that you can make intelligent decisions about your family’s health care. You may subscribe to one mode and use the other when necessary.
